Rubenstein Partners Close on 367,500 SF Mixed-Use Investment Across From National Science Foundation HQ in Alexandria, VA

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Rubenstein Partners, L.P. (including its affiliates, "Rubenstein") announced the acquisition of 2461 Eisenhower Avenue, a mixed-use office and retail property totaling 360,000 square feet and 2425 Eisenhower Avenue, a retail development pad that can accommodate 7,500 square feet.  The properties are located across the street from the National Science Foundation's new 720,000-square-foot headquarters and the Eisenhower Avenue Station Metro within the 56-acre Hoffman Town Center.

2461 Eisenhower Avenue is a 14-story 335,000-square-foot office building that also includes 25,000 square feet of single-story retail that "wraps" the office building and contains seven restaurants, highly attractive and sought after amenities to office tenants.  The office building is currently "gutted" and in shell condition and will plan to undergo a 15-month transformation into a Class "A" office building, which will include fitness and conference facilities, in addition to the existing retail.  The 2425 Eisenhower Avenue retail pad consists of a land parcel zoned for 7,500 square feet of potential development, which will be planned for additional retail and/or restaurants to further amenitize the project.

The privately negotiated transaction was very attractive to Rubenstein, as the investment enables the team to implement its broad vertically integrated capabilities to construct, lease and otherwise reposition a large mixed-use project across from a Metro Station in a rapidly growing submarket experiencing superior office, retail and residential demand.  The Hoffman Family, the seller of the properties, selected Rubenstein based on the firm's ability to execute on the complicated transaction on an "all-cash" basis.

"This was a complicated transaction that took time to ripen and come to fruition, but in the end, it is a transaction that we believe made sense for all parties involved," said Steve Evans, Regional Director of the Washington, D.C. Market for Rubenstein.  "We're excited to announce the closing and begin the implementation of our plan to complete the office and enhance the retail into a first class project with walkable amenities by a Metro."

About Rubenstein Partners
Rubenstein Partners, L.P., founded in September 2005, is a private real estate investment management and advisory firm with operations throughout the Eastern U.S.  The firm is led by its founder, David Rubenstein, and a group of senior real estate executives, and is focused on directing and managing value-added office real estate investments, primarily in the Eastern U.S. Rubenstein Partners' predecessor company, The Rubenstein Company, LP and affiliates, founded in 1969, was one of the largest private owner operators of Class A office real estate in the Mid-Atlantic, owning and operating a portfolio of assets valued at approximately $1.2 billion at the time of its disposition in 2004. Since 2005, Rubenstein Partners has, on behalf of its investors and clients, invested in more than 10,000,000 square feet of office real estate assets throughout the Eastern U.S. For more information, visit www.rubensteinpartners.com.

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